FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
December 21,2012
JULIUS GENACHOWSKI
CHAIRMAN
The Honorable Jeff Sessions
Ul1ited States Senate
335 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Sessions:
Thank you for your letter regarding Down Home Broadcasting of Camden, Alabama. I
appreciate your interest in this matter and am pleased to provide the enclosed letter on this issue
from the Chiefof the Media Bureau's Office of Communications and Industry Information.
If you have any additional questions or need any further assistance, please do not hesitate
to contact me.
Enclosure
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Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
December 21, 2012
IN REPLY REFER TO:
CN-1201403
The Honorable Jeff Sessions
United States Senate
335 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Sessions:
Thank you for your letter regarding the Application for Review filed with the Federal
Communications Commission by Down Home Broadcasting of Camden, Alabama (Down
Home), concerning the renewal of the broadcast licenses for former radio stations WCOX(AM)
and WYVC(FM). I appreciate the opportunity to update you concerning the status of this matter.
Pursuant to Commission regulations, applications to renew the licenses for radio
broadcast stations located in Alabama were due to be filed no later than December 1, 2011, four
months prior to their April 1, 2012 expiration date. As you know, Down Home did not file
timely renewal applications and, therefore, the broadcast licenses for WCOX and WYVC
expired on their own terms. As a result, Down Home's authority to operate the stations
terminated, and the call letters were deleted from the Commission's databases. Subsequently, on
July 26,2012, Down Home submitted applications to renew the licenses of WCOX and WYVC
and, on October 3, 2012, the staff of the Media Bureau's Audio Division dismissed the
applications as late-filed petitions for reconsideration.
As noted in your correspondence, Down Home very recently filed an Application for
Review requesting that the Commission reinstate its renewal applications. Please be assured that
the issues discussed in the Application and your letter will be considered carefully, and Down
Home will be notified as soon as the Commission reaches a decision.
I hope this information is helpful, and please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of
further assistance.
Sincerely,
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Michael S. Perko
Chief, Office of Communications and Industry Information
Media Bureau